Saxby Pridmore is an Australian poet living in Tasmania. Over the course of 30 years, he has had more than 300 poems published in over 40 different literary magazines and journals, including Quadrant, Studio, Famous Reporter, Blue Dog, Overland and Island. His poems have also appeared in anthologies, including: Primary Care, edited by Angela Belli and Jack Coulehan (University of Iowa Press, 2006); Verbal Medicine, edited by Tim Metcalf (Ginninderra Press, 2006); and The Quadrant Book of Poetry 2001-2010, edited by Les Murray (Quadrant Books, 2012). White-out: selected published poems 1986-2016 is an anthology that brings together 194 of Saxby's published poems to commemorate his achievement and contribution to Australian poetry. Saxby Pridmore is also a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Tasmania, and has written several textbooks and over two hundred academic papers. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to psychiatric treatment and research. He and his wife Mary have a son and a daughter, and three grandchildren.